David Brewster

Sir David Brewster (1781 – 1868) was a British scientist known for his contributions to the field of optics, being well-recognized as the inventor of the kaleidoscope.

Biography
David Brewster born the third of six children, Brewster was raised by god-fearing Presbyterians. When he was twelve years old, his parents sent him to the University of Edinburgh to join the clergy. However, Brewster was far more interested in science, becoming fascinated with optics.

Motivated by contemporaries, Brewster continued studying the diffraction of light, including reflection and refraction, and eventually invented the kaleidoscope. Much later, he joined fellow clergymen to start a scientific magazine, The Edinburgh Journal of Science, and was knighted by Queen Victoria. Brewster also became a vocal opponent of Charles Darwin's evolution theory.

At some point, Brewster joined the British Rite of the Templar Order and was tasked with researching an Apple of Eden that had been unearthed at the construction site of London's first underground railway in 1862. He and Reynolds, his assistant, subsequently set up a secret laboratory beneath a train yard in Croydon and began their studies. Brewster also had local workers kidnapped to experiment on them.

However, as Brewster conducted his research, the Assassin Evie Frye leapt upon him and assassinated him. In his final moments, the scientist revealed Thorne had already discovered another Piece of Eden. When Evie claimed that she would take that one from the Templars as well, Brewster lamented how humanity inherently focused on the material, which they would inevitably lose upon death. After he breathed his last, Evie hurriedly made her escape, as the Apple detonated from all the electricity that it had been exposed to, completely destroying the underground laboratory.